Courtesy of Chris Marchand – Dryden Observer Muskies Logan Ballard, left, and Colton Brown, right, had Evan Waller of the Dryden Eagles feeling a little hemmed in during the boys’ age 14-plus 100m hurdles event at the “Spring Melt” track meet there Saturday. The Muskies finished second in the team […]
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Heather Latter Royce Allan checked out a rifle he hoped to purchased, as Brody McPherson looked on, during the annual Gun and Hobby Show at the Fort Frances Curling Club on Saturday. The show once again featured a large variety of guns and home-based businesses.
Heather Latter Chad Solomon showed off the puppet “Strawberry” on Saturday during a presentation of “Rabbit and Bear Paws,” which taught about the seven grandfather teachings. The puppet show, held at the Fort Frances Public Library, was part of the weekly “Let’s Speak Ojibwe” event there but was open to […]
Heather Latter Sheila Manty and her granddaughter, Kari, checked out some of the items at the silent auction table during the Riverside Foundation’s annual spring luncheon yesterday at Robert Moore School. The event, which featured a picnic theme, raised $9,096.51, which will be used to purchase three pediatric kits—one each […]
Duane Hicks Jen Springett, president of the Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op, spoke to a small group of local producers at La Place Rendez-Vous yesterday afternoon. Cloverbelt is the first and only online local food co-op in Northwestern Ontario. For more information, visit www.cloverbeltlocalfoodcoop.com
Staff Loralin Clinker, visiting here from Brantford, Ont., pulled out the May winner of the Kiwanis “Trip of the Month” draw alongside Kiwanian Robin Wright this morning at International Travel Services. Millie Lindal of Rainy River will be heading on a Memphis-to-Nashville tour—a trip valued at $4,500. Next month’s trip […]
Heather Latter Frank Montano, from the Red Cliff reservation in Wisconsin, played one of his native flutes for students at Crossroads School in Devlin yesterday morning. Montano has been working within several Rainy River District School Board schools making traditional flutes with students, along with providing the cultural teachings that […]
Joey Payeur Bryson Jasper celebrated his first-period goal that gave the Lakers a 3-1 lead over the Dryden GM Ice Dogs en route to a 5-3 triumph and a berth in tonight’s Dudley Hewitt Cup semi-final against the Toronto Patriots.
Joey Payeur Boris Katchouk taunted the crowd with this “shushing” gesture after his third-period goal made it 4-2 for the Soo Thunderbirds last night.
Joey Payeur Lakers’ captain Miles Nolan battled Soo Thunderbirds’ counterpart Anthony Miller in the face-off circle last night at Ice for Kids Arena.
Joey Payeur Seven Generations CEO Brent Tookenay did the ceremonial puck-drop for Toronto Patriots’ captain Luke Carter and Fort Frances Lakers’ captain Miles Nolan before the two teams squared off in their first game at the Dudley Hewitt Cup last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Wyatt Cota sent […]
Heather Latter Shannon King, First Nations’ co-ordinator with New Gold, discussed with David Wilkinson-Simard some of the employment opportunities that will be arising at the company’s Rainy River Project in the future during the employment open house yesterday at La Place Rendez-Vous. New Gold is anticipating filling more than 125 […]
